Question

read the passage below and answer the questions on the right.
grammar
(1) in most countries, people call the game of soccer football. (2) since many countries have football teams, there is much competition leading to the world cup. (3) like the olympics, the world cup is held every four years. (4) the world cup is different from the olympics because all of the best athletes play. (5) the world cup finals is a four - week tournament in which 32 nations compete. (6) football fans worldwide watch the finals ____ it is a very popular event.
question (not numbered): which best describes sentence 1?
options: it is a compound sentence. / it is a complex sentence. / it is a simple sentence. / it is a comma splice
41 multiple choice 1 point
which sentence does not have a dependent clause?
options: sentence 1 / sentence 2 / sentence 4 / sentence 5
42 multiple choice 1 point
which begins sentence 3?
options: dependent clause / an independent clause / a phrase

Explanation:

Question 40 (Which BEST describes Sentence 1?)

A simple sentence has one independent clause (a subject and predicate, expressing a complete thought). Sentence 1: "In most countries, people call the game of soccer football" has one independent clause ("people call the game of soccer football") with a prepositional phrase "In most countries" as an adverbial. A compound sentence has two independent clauses, a complex has a dependent and independent, and a comma splice is incorrect punctuation. So it's a simple sentence.

• Sentence 1: "In most countries, people call the game of soccer football" has no dependent clause (only an independent clause + prepositional phrase).
• Sentence 2: "Since many countries have football teams, there is much competition leading to the World Cup" has a dependent clause ("Since many countries have football teams").
• Sentence 4: "The World Cup is different from the Olympics because all of the best athletes play" has a dependent clause ("because all of the best athletes play").
• Sentence 5: "The World Cup Finals is a four - week tournament in which 32 nations compete" has a dependent clause ("in which 32 nations compete").

So Sentence 1 has no dependent clause.

Sentence 3: "Like the Olympics, the World Cup is held every four years". "Like the Olympics" is a phrase (a prepositional phrase, as it lacks a subject - predicate structure of a clause). A dependent clause has a subject and predicate, an independent clause can stand alone. "Like the Olympics" is a phrase.

Answer:

It is a simple sentence.

Question 41 (Which sentence does NOT have a dependent clause?)